UPDATED! First Look Inside Oni's Exciting EC Comics Revival 3 3

[SpineTic]

 

https://comicbook.com/comics/news/heres-your-first-look-inside-onis-exciting-ec-comics-revival/#19

 

Epitaphs From the Abyss #1

EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #2

CRUEL UNIVERSE #1

 

Edited Wednesday at 03:29 PM by SpineTic

[AJD]

Hmm, I only have a couple of hundred of them, but I seem to recall that EC comics had words as well as pictures.

[auboy77]

Exactly!
 

EC’s had so much dialogue , it was like reading a real book sometimes. 

The morality tales influenced so many , (ie Twilight Zone ). 

Seems that this new one is doing what a lot of them are doing now and making it mainly visual. 
 

The guys doing the new Creepy & Eerie , i think,  have the right approach for us long time fans. 
 

This looks like it’s for the Walking Dead type fans 

Edited May 31 by auboy77

[DougC]

The Peter Krause art looks a lot like the art from the ghost band kickstarter from some years ago (I double checked and he wasn't listed in credits). I don't hate the art and I wasn't expecting them to try and mirror mid-50s style, but my expectations are low. As for "no words" these are preview pages, I am going to greatly assume like many preview pages the text has not been added purposefully.

Regardless it is two singular issues and they are not making 100 alternate covers to boost total print numbers so I will probably pick up at least the first issue.

[mysterymachine]

These would be good cover buys, but I can't say the inside art does much for me.

[Ken Aldred]

Just looks like a typical Oni or Image comic from the artwork.

At least Alien Worlds and Twisted Tales, back in the 80s, had artwork with some degree of similarity and tone to the original books.

[Ken Aldred]

On 5/31/2024 at 12:57 AM, AJD said:

Hmm, I only have a couple of hundred of them, but I seem to recall that EC comics had words as well as pictures.

You got your money’s worth.

Edited May 31 by Ken Aldred

[shadroch]

I like the covers.   

[Ken Aldred]

On 5/31/2024 at 9:14 AM, shadroch said:

I like the covers.   

The most EC-like artwork. Modern, but tonally similar.

Shame about the rest.

[shadroch]

I'm not  planning on buying them, but I don't dislike the art. 

[Jayman]

I like the clown cover…

[Robot Man]

Wow, what a disappointment. But exactly as I expected. A lot of computer generated hacking panels with no story or dialogue. This is exactly why I put Walking Dead back on the rack and walked away. The EC logo should have never been put on it. An obvious money grab by Gaines’ heirs.

Thanks for posting this. You will be saving this LONG time EC fan some money…

[Robot Man]

I would recommend instead of buying these, buy instead a few Russ Cochran real EC reprint books…

Bill, Al and Harvey are rolling in their graves. 

[SpineTic]

On 5/31/2024 at 11:35 AM, Robot Man said:

I would recommend instead of buying these, buy instead a few Russ Cochran real EC reprint books…

Bill, Al and Harvey are rolling in their graves. 

Got a link?

[SpineTic]

On 5/31/2024 at 11:35 AM, Robot Man said:

I would recommend instead of buying these, buy instead a few Russ Cochran real EC reprint books…

Bill, Al and Harvey are rolling in their graves. 

 

[Ryan.]

On 5/31/2024 at 5:12 AM, shadroch said:

I'm not  planning on buying them, but I don't dislike the art. 

This is where I'm at.

[shadroch]

Sometimes, the art tells the story; sometimes, the art is a background to the story.  I can like either.   This is the type of book I look for in the $1 bin. 

I'm not familiar with the company, but it seems like they are well established. 

[Semicentennial]

I don't have an issue with the artwork.  It's a horror comic book so my expectations aren't the same as other genres.  The covers are pretty cool too. 

[Robot Man]

I have a hard time calling this stuff EC “art”. THIS is EC art…

Edited June 1 by Robot Man

[sfcityduck]

The main flaw of EC was too many words. The words could drown out great artists and prevent the pics from dictating the pace. The exceptions being Kurtzman and, in a few iconic  stories, Krigstein.  Maybe these guys were trying to emulate Kristen but they failed spectacularly.